had done 2 armourfast in bronze green, as a couple of kits said that...seems to match fotos of the ad for the tamiya 35th kit...
now just read 2 diff books showing cromwells, which im doing, but each statement says brit olive drab...mmmm..
using the armour at war brit tanks of ww2
someone point me in the right direction with what to use...confusing me and not happy, esp as i have done them like the fireflys which had a bronzy green as 2 inst sheets said
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Three shades of matte Bronze Green were in use prewar, and was seen on vehicles during the French campaign, but chemical precursors needed to make green pigment were in short supply during the middle years of the war, so newly built British tanks were delivered in SCC-2 Brown, also known simply as "Service Colour." In the Spring of 1944, the pigment situation improved, and the British decided to adopt a color similar to US Olive Drab, called SCC-15 Olive Drab, since it meant that they wouldn't have to repaint US Lend Lease equipment. SCC-15 is available premixed as an enamel in the White Ensign color line, or you can mix four parts Tamiya Olive Green and three parts Tamiya Olive Drab to approximate it. If you are building in very small scale, you should lighten it with a little German Armor Sand to allow for scale effect. Wartime vehicles were flat (matte) finish except for certain staff cars seen in rear areas only. Postwar, the British Army reverted to semigloss Deep Bronze Green. Gerald Owens
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Three shades of matte Bronze Green were in use prewar, and was seen on vehicles during the French campaign, but chemical precursors needed to make green pigment were in short supply during the middle years of the war, so newly built British tanks were delivered in SCC-2 Brown, also known simply as "Service Colour." In the Spring of 1944, the pigment situation improved, and the British decided to adopt a color similar to US Olive Drab, called SCC-15 Olive Drab, since it meant that they wouldn't have to repaint US Lend Lease equipment. SCC-15 is available premixed as an enamel in the White Ensign color line, or you can mix four parts Tamiya Olive Green and three parts Tamiya Olive Drab to approximate it. If you are building in very small scale, you should lighten it with a little German Armor Sand to allow for scale effect. Wartime vehicles were flat (matte) finish except for certain staff cars seen in rear areas only. Postwar, the British Army reverted to semigloss Deep Bronze Green. Gerald Owens
thanks Gerald, i google for ages last night the words cromwell colour, but got load sof other stuff, took me ages to find basicly what you said...and a link to that while ensign brand, and found the website so i think i will get some of them (i have a lot to do and not very good with acrylic spraying).
well JUST placed a order with WEN....
ta for the info!
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